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The Baseball Hall of Famer spent all 20 seasons of his big league career in the pinstripes, and won his last World Series title with the franchise in 2009 when New York defeated the Philadelphia ...
The World Series beat “Monday Night Football” in the battle for television viewers. The Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the Fall Classic averaged 13.64 ...
In Game 3, the series shifted from Los Angeles to New York. A Bronx crowd hungry for a win and hyped by a first pitch from Yankees icon Derek Jeter was ready to give the Dodgers hell. Then, 15 ...
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Cliff Lee captured the Cy Young Award in 2008 in addition to winning 22 games. Félix Hernández won 19 games in 2009, one of three pitchers to do so. CC Sabathia started Game 1 of the 2009 World Series after winning 19 games for the Yankees that season. Justin Verlander also led the American League in strikeouts and innings pitched in 2009.
The Oakland Athletics won the AL West division by seven games over the Kansas City Royals, then defeated the Toronto Blue Jays four games to one in the American League Championship Series. It was the Giants' first World Series appearance since 1962 , while the Athletics were playing in their second straight Fall Classic following the 1988 Series.
MLB teams have overcome 3–1 deficits 14 times (including one 3–0 deficit), six of which occurred in the World Series. [1] This does not count the 1903 World Series, during which the Boston Americans (or Puritans, or Pilgrims, depending on the source, and later known as the Red Sox) came back from a 3–1 deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, five games to three, as that was a best-of ...
Guardians win Game 3 thriller on 10th-inning homer after a rally down to their final out. New York leads ALCS 2-1. ... — MLB (@MLB) October 18, 2024.